Samsung reveals Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge smartphones
Korean firm takes aim at Apple with latest handsets featuring curved screen and new payments technology
HTC bets on customisation with its new One M9 smartphone
Are extensive user software theming, new 20-megapixel camera and lighter all-metal design enough to differentiate a smartphone?
Mobile communications industry gathers in Barcelona for MWC 2015
Mobile World Congress will as usual not feature Apple – and nor will users be represented – but it remains the industry’s biggest show in town
Dschaschtin Bieber, total verfönt
Heute morgen habe ich Ylva abgeduscht und natürlich folgen die Worte “Oh Papa, mach’ das nicht immer so heiß”. Das gehört zum Abwehrritus der kleinen Dame wie das Bäh vor […]
Penguin Little Black Classics review: Affordable snippets of great literature
From Homer to Balzac to Darwin to Dickens, these Penguin 80th birthday booklets are where publishing meets public service
Stadtgezwitscher aus Salzgitter
Stumm ist unsere Stadt nicht: sie zwitschert – ganz offiziell seit vergangenem Jahr. Auf dem Kurznachrichtendienst Twitter berichtet die Verwaltung unter twitter.com/stadtsalzgitter über das hiesige Geschehen bei uns. Bislang wurde […]
The Fish Ladder by Katharine Norbury
A grief-stricken woman follows some of Britain’s most beautiful rivers in a journey into her own past but sometimes loses the flow
• In search of the source of my family – extract from The Fish Ladder
• Rising stars of 2015: author Katharine Norbury
Kenneth Branagh debuts updated Cinderella
The new live-action version of the traditional fairytale, which stars Lily James, has Cinders and Prince Charming ‘meeting on a level playing field’
Six of the best island wines
Cruise around the Canaries or the Med and you’ll be well rewarded with distinctive wines
House of Cards leak: Marketing ploy or gaffe?
Season 3 of Netflix’s award-winning political drama leaked last night, but was it a genuine mistake or a marketing move to drum up hype?
TV highlight: The Casual Vacancy
The adaptation of JK Rowling’s novel may have a softened ending and Farrow & Ball gloss, but it remains true to her realist vision and allegiance to the young and socially disadvantaged
Sigourney Weaver keen to reprise Alien role once more
Actor has been collaborating with District 9 director Neill Blomkamp on new concept for the sci-fi horror franchise
Hitchbot, Hütte und Helau
Currywurst war das erste Wort, das er auf deutsch konnte. Bemerkenswert für jemanden, der diesen ur-deutschen Snack nicht mal verputzt. Die Rede ist vom Roboter Hitchbot, der über 6000 Kilometer […]
How to cook the perfect crepes
Wheat, buckwheat or chestnut flour? Milk, double cream or beer in the batter? Do they need any flavourings – and what do you dollop on top?
The Philadelphia Story
The rerelease of this utterly beguiling comedy reminds us how extraordinary Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant and James Stewart really were
• From Tilda Swinton to Tina Fey: who channels their inner Katharine Hepburn?
Love Is Strange
John Lithgow and Alfred Molina star as a gay couple forced to live apart in Ira Sachs’s film composed in a minor key
